Tuesday, February 11, 2014

11 Year Old California Driver Runs Stop Sign, Kills Mother and Sister

11 Year Old California Driver Runs Stop Sign, Kills Mother and Sister
tags: no licence, child suspect, child driver, fatal, timeline 2010

Friday, January 15, 2010 11 Year Old California Driver Runs Stop Sign, Kills Mother and Sister A Honda car driven by an eleven-year-old boy Jose Covarrubias ran a stop sign in Porterville, California and was sideswiped by a Ford. He was killed along with his sister Elizabeth Covarrubias, and mother, Maria Covarrubias. Only family friend Froylon Gonzalez survived, but he was never interviewed to establish why the boy was driving. Drugs, alcohol and weather were not factors in the crash.


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 from http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Eleven_year-old_driver_kills_family_in_collision
A Honda, with eleven-year-old Jose Covarrubias behind the wheel, ran a stop sign in Porterville, California colliding with a Ford around 7:30 P.M.
The eastbound 1993 Honda was sideswiped from the driver's side by a southbound 1999 Ford, killing Jose. His sister, 6-year-old Elizabeth Covarrubias, and mother, Maria Covarrubias, were killed when they ejected, as they were not wearing seatbelts. Family friend Froylon Gonzalez was sent to the hospital with serious injuries, and the driver of the Ford, Charles Seguin, sustained minor injuries.
Felipe Gonzalez, Froylon's brother, said the family was returning from Jose's soccer team practice. He also added that he had never seen Jose drive before. Gonzales was the lone survivor of the Honda and has not yet been interviewed as to why the sixth grader was the driver.
The accident occurred at a rural intersection and it did not appear to law enforcement that drugs, alcohol, or weather were a factor in the collision.
The bodies will be buried in Mexico near where the father lives.

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    Jan 15, 2010 - His sister, Elizabeth Silva Covarrubias, 6, and their mother, Maria Covarrubias, 30, both of Woodville, were also killed in the accident. Neither  ...

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11-year-old driver runs stop sign in central California, killing him, mother and sister
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators were mystified Wednesday as to why an 11-year-old boy was behind the wheel when the car ran a stop sign and crashed into another vehicle, killing him, his mother and younger sister.

California Highway Patrol Officer Stefanie Buck said investigators have not yet been able to interview the car's lone survivor to determine why sixth-grader Jose Manuel Silva Covarrubias was driving.

"For whatever reason the 11-year-old didn't stop at the stop sign, and drove the Honda into the path of the Ford," Buck said. "It's a tragedy any way you look at it."

His sister, Elizabeth Silva Covarrubias, 6, and their mother, Maria Covarrubias, 30, both of Woodville, were also killed in the accident. Neither the mother nor daughter was wearing a seatbelt, and both were ejected from the back seat.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns... 


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